Valve is now a card-carrying member of The Linux Foundation

Video game publisher Valve is taking its relationship with Linux to the next level. The company is already using the open-source operating system as the backbone for its upcoming SteamOS platform, but now Valve is putting a ring on it and joining The Linux Foundation.

Valve, which operates the Steam digital-distribution platform for games and software, revealed earlier this year that it doesn’t want to rely solely on Microsoft’s Windows platform anymore. With that in mind, Valve started a concentrated effort to turn Linux into a viable gaming platform, which led to the eventual announcement of SteamOS and the game console-like Steam Machines gaming PCs that will run the Linux-based operating system.